18 Related Articles, between 2018-09-14 and 2018-09-20

'Death divers' strike hilarious poses as they hurl themselves off a 10ft board in Norwegian sport. The tenth annual Norwegian Death Diving World Championships in Oslo, saw Emil Lybekk being crowned winner of the risky sport with his sideways sausage roll jump >>

A stroll around one of the world's most northerly cities, Longyearbyen . MailOnline Travel's Sadie Whitelocks ventured to the tiny metropolis, which is home to around 2,200 residents, from Oslo ahead of an Arctic boat voyage. >>

Animation shows 40-foot high tsunami that swept Shetland. This animation created by scientists from the University of Dundee shows the Storegga submarine landslide which happened around 8,200 years ago off the coast of Norway. The landslide caused a 20-metre high tsunami sweeping across Shetland. >>

Beilin: Oslo is not a failure. Yossi Beilin explains why the Oslo process did not fail in its 25 years. >>

Deep sea robots reveal mineral riches in the abyss. By Matthew StockBERGEN, Norway, Sept 20 (Reuters) - From the safety of their research vessel, scientists are exploring one of Earth's last frontiers - the... >>

Dune buggy drives up near-vertical slope in stunning combination of nerve and skill. A crowd watches on as the brave driver manages to pull of the impressive feat during an off-road vehicle competition in Norway. The driver was competing in a sport called Formula Offroad. >>

Funamentally Freund: The lesson of the Oslo Accords. Oslo was the worst strategic disaster in Israel’s history and we have yet to fully extricate ourselves from the damage it continues to wreak. >>

Growing up near a park cuts a person's risk of developing asthma. Researchers from Haukeland University Hospital, Norway, believe that green spaces, like parks and public gardens, offset the effects of air pollution, which worsens the risk of asthma. >>

Nasdaq says more than 90 pct of clearing house buffer has been restored. Members of Nasdaq's Nordic
commodities exchange have replenished more than 90 percent of
clearing house contingency funds that were lost last week when a
private Norwegian trader defaulted during a spike in market
volatility, the exchange operator said. >>

Norway's central bank raises interest rates, eyes.... OSLO, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Norway's central bank raised interest rates for the first time in seven years on Thursday, as expected, and said it would... >>

Norwegian power trader says defaulted on Nasdaq Clearing commitments. Private Norwegian power trader
Einar Aas has defaulted on his commitments to Nasdaq Clearing,
he told Reuters on Thursday. >>

Student comes INCHES away from being crushed by 441 pound boulder during rock climb with friends . The group of students had been on a school trip to a climbing area in Norway called Sila - a small village surrounded by a fjord and mountains. Little did they know they would come so close to danger. >>

UPDATE 2-Nordic power trader defaults, costs Nasdaq members 114 million euros. A Norwegian power trader has
defaulted, leaving commodities companies who are part of the
Nasdaq clearing house system to cover a 114 million euro ($133
million) hole in the exchange's contingency fund. >>

Video: 'Death divers' strike hilarious poses at Norwegian Championships. The tenth annual world diving championships took place last month in Majorstua, Oslo. Footage shows fearless competitors hurling themselves from a 10-metre high diving board, before striking a range of poses in mid-air and crashing into the water. >>

Video: Heart-stopping moment student almost hit on head by boulder. Heart-stopping moment a student is almost hit on the head by a falling boulder whilst rock-climbing in Sila, Norway >>